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25-434 Timothy Ryan Gove v. Sargento Foods, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2025-10-09 Rehearing Relisted (2) administrative-investigation civil-rights corporate-liability employment-discrimination federal-regulations hostile-work-environment Whether management's directives outside corporate facilities constitute actionable employment discrimination under federal statutes and investigative …
24A720 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation v. Doris Albrecht, et al. Third Circuit 2025-01-22 Presumed Complete drug-labeling failure-to-warn federal-regulations pharmaceutical-liability preemption product-liability Whether federal preemption principles under the Wyeth v. Levine framework preclude state law failure-to-warn claims against pharmaceutical manufacture…
22-1037 Howard Center v. AFSCME Local 1674, et al. Vermont 2023-04-25 Denied Response Waived arbitration-review civil-rights disciplinary-sanctions due-process federal-regulations health-privacy healthcare-regulation hipaa hipaa-privacy-rule patient-privacy workforce-compliance workforce-sanctions Whether a covered entity must ensure HIPAA Privacy Rule compliance by its workforce, adopt a sanction policy, and apply appropriate sanctions against …
22-6975 Jody Kimbrell v. Bank of America, N.A. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process federal-regulations federal-venue fha-mortgage legal-standing mortgage-foreclosure standing title-24-regulations Does an accused FHA borrower have the right to face the bank claiming they hold a legally obtained FHA mortgage, in federal venue under Title 24 regul…
22-698 Andrew Cohen, et al. v. Apple Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law cellphone-radiation civil-procedure fcc-regulations federal-preemption federal-regulations health-and-safety preemption radiation-safety state-health-law telecommunications-law Are state health and safety laws impliedly preempted, under a theory, by the FCC's procedural guidelines for reporting how much radiation a cellphone …
22-6178 Jason Baxter v. Joseph E. Bradley Second Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-regulations jurisdictional-dispute notice rules standing state-rights supreme-court-review Whether the rules of notice denied due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment?
22-162 Tariq B. Alabbassi v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army Fifth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure administrative-time-limit burden-of-proof circuit-court civil-rights due-process eeo-complaint employment-discrimination federal-regulations statute-of-limitations When does the 45-day time limit start under 29 C.F.R. § 1614.105(a)(1)?
21-1400 Estate of Anthony J. Zdroik, Deceased, by Trishann W. Zdroik, Personal Respresentative v. Iowa Southern Railway Company, et al. Iowa 2022-05-02 Denied Response Waived 49-usc-20106 administrative-interpretation contractor-employees federal-railroad-administration federal-regulations on-track-safety preemption railroad-safety roadway-workers state-law-action Whether the FRA's Federal Register preamble can eviscerate the plain language of regulations requiring railroads to provide on-track safety to all roa…
21-237 James Clay, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Response Waived 25-usc-2 bureau-of-indian-affairs federal-regulations indian-tribe irs land-compensation secretary-of-interior tax-interpretation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty Whether the clear language of Title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and the exclusive authority over federally recognized Indian Tribes granted…
21-5345 Leonard Thurman v. Medical Transportation Management, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-regulation chevron-deference circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-regulations federal-right medicaid medicaid-act section-1983 statutory-interpretation Whether an administrative regulation may establish a federal right enforceable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
20-1326 Rebecca A. Moriello v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-rule-making due-process federal-regulations non-delegation non-delegation-doctrine notice separation-of-powers vagueness Whether 41 C.F.R. § 102-74.38 and 41 C.F.R. § 102-74.390 are inconsistent with the separation-of-powers-doctrine
20-1039 Elizabeth Aviles-Wynkoop v. Department of Defense Federal Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment administrative-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-employment federal-regulations fifth-amendment whistleblower Can the Federal Government violate a Federal Employee's 5th Amendment right by depriving a federal employee of his or her property right (job) without…
20-922 Lisa Marie Montgomery v. Jeffrey A. Rosen, Acting Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia 2021-01-09 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-regulations first-impression judicial-procedure legal-standard standing summary-reversal whether the director may designate a new execution date while a stay is in place
20-848 D. A. S. v. Madison County Department of Human Resources Alabama 2020-12-23 Denied Response Waived addiction-treatment due-process federal-law federal-regulations medicaid medicaid-expansion parental-rights remote-participation Whether the denial of a parent's request to participate remotely in a trial adjudicating parental rights violates due process
20-6422 Nazariy Kmet v. United States Third Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process federal-regulations hinton-v-alabama ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process plea-bargaining strickland-v-washington supervisory-powers u.s-v-lee Whether the 3rd Circuit's denial of the Petitioner's 2255 Motion directly violates this Court's decisions in the U.S. v. Lee, Hinton v. Alabama and St…
20-5828 Roderick A. Carter v. CPC Logistics, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law burden-of-proof driver-fatigue employer-admissions employment-discrimination federal-regulations protected-activity retaliation staa-protection trucking-safety whistleblower-protection When an employer admits to a violation in writing to the federal government, should they be held accountable to their words?
20-168 Paul W. Nusbaum, Jr. v. Marsha R. Nusbaum, et al. Maryland 2020-08-18 Denied Response Waived agency-determination arrearages child-support federal-regulations judicial-review public-assistance separation-of-powers spousal-support Whether the federal and state governments have a direct interest in how child support payments are applied when the obligee is not receiving public as…
19-8844 Louis A. Piccone v. United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP bar-disciplinary-proceedings brady-v-maryland delegated-authority due-process federal-regulations government-investigation material-exculpatory-information patent patent-and-trademark-office professional-conduct Are attorneys entitled to material exculpatory information in bar disciplinary proceedings?
19-8541 Haider Salah Abdulrazzak v. South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles South Dakota 2020-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-filing fed-r-app-p-4c1 federal-regulations first-amendment fourteenth-amendment inmate-filing inmates-rights supremacy-clause Whether under the Supremacy Clause, the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, states are permitted to dissociate themselves from Federal regulations …
19-1246 Rita McDaniel, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Johnny F. McDaniel, Deceased v. Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2020-04-26 Denied failure-to-warn fda-labeling fda-regulations federal-regulations implied-preemption medication-guide parallel-federal-regulations preemption state-law tort-claim Whether a state-law, failure-to-warn claim that parallels a defendant's failure to follow FDA labeling regulations is impliedly preempted?
19-7663 Ryan Douglas LaSalle v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review categorical-analysis congressional-definition criminal-procedure federal-regulations guidelines guidelines-miscalculation plain-error regulatory-definition sentencing statutory-interpretation taylor-categorical-analysis taylor-v-united-states Can a court of appeals successfully avoid undertaking plain error review of a Guidelines miscalculation by relying on a federal regulatory definition …
19-1040 March for Life Education and Defense Fund v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-20 GVR Response WaivedRelisted (2) abortion administrative-law article-iii-standing civil-rights contraception contraceptive-mandate due-process federal-regulations healthcare healthcare-coverage moral-objection moral-objections religious-exemption standing Whether states have Article III standing to challenge the religious and moral exemptions
19-1031 Erin Capron, et al. v. Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cultural-exchange federal-preemption federal-regulations foreign-policy immigration labor-laws state-regulation Whether federal law preempts the application of state and local labor laws to the terms and conditions of participation in the federal au pair program
19-7134 Jessie Carter v. Department of Agriculture Eighth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing administrative-law administrative-law-judge arkansas-dept-of-human-services civil-rights declaration disqualification due-process federal-regulations national-disqualified-list usda usda-program usda-regulations What is the proper interpretation of CFR 7 226.6 (c) (v)
19-700 Luis A. Ramos González, et al. v. Scotiabank de Puerto Rico, et al. Puerto Rico 2019-12-03 Denied Response Waived banking-law court-sanction federal-regulations home-loan home-mortgage-loan mortgage-financing mortgage-loan-agreement null-and-void secondary-market unacceptable-site wastewater-disposal Whether mortgage financing can be granted for an 'Unacceptable Site' under federal regulations, whether such a mortgage loan agreement is null and voi…
19-671 Daniel A. Grover v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response Waived administrative-deference administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-interpretation civil-procedure civil-service due-process federal-regulations regulatory-compliance statutory-interpretation ultra-vires Whether the deference standard regarding federal agencies' interpretation of their own regulations must continue in light of the admission by the Offi…
19-5958 Thomas Ritter Helm v. Lisa Lorraine Hauser Texas 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP divorce-decree divorce-decree-amendment-state-laws-disregard-stat federal-regulations federal-regulations-disregard-state-court-systems- judicial-discretion precedent-setting precedent-setting-cases precedent-setting-cases-disregard-state-court-syst property-division qualified-domestic-relations-order qualified-domestic-relations-order-disregard-state texas-court-system Whether court systems throughout the United States will be allowed to disregard or ignore federal regulations and precedent setting cases based on act…
19-271 Catherine Stouffer, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company Texas 2019-08-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference federal-agency-deference federal-highway-administration federal-preemption federal-railroad-administration federal-regulations railroad-safety regulatory-interpretation state-federal-agreement state-law-claims state-railroad-agreement state-railroad-agreements warning-time Should FRA regulations be interpreted in concert with FHWA regulations to enforce safety standards in 'State-railroad agreements,' rather than 'suppla…
18-9833 Sade Mone v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation constitutional-violations contract-dispute court-of-federal-claims executive-department federal-claims-court federal-jurisdiction federal-regulations implied-contract little-tucker-act monetary-claim tucker-act Does the United States Court of Federal Claims have jurisdiction over cases against the United States based on an implied contract with an executive d…
18-9637 Robert Travis Jenkins v. Kansas Kansas 2019-06-12 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights compliance-burden constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-regulations judicial-review jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether the trial court erred in denying Jenkins' Batson challenge during jury selection
18-1446 Lettie Sexton, ex rel. Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. v. Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, et al. Kentucky 2019-05-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) beneficiary-rights due-process fair-hearing federal-regulations medicaid medicaid-benefits medicaid-program medical-coverage personal-liability standing state-agency statutory-interpretation statutory-right Whether 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(3) requires a state participating in the Medicaid program to provide a 'fair hearing' to a beneficiary when coverage of h…
18-1394 Waterfront Marine Construction, Inc., et al. v. Heard Construction, Inc. Virginia 2019-05-06 Denied bid-protest contract-law federal-contract federal-procurement federal-regulations state-tort-action subject-matter-jurisdiction tucker-act Where a disappointed bidder to a federal contract fails to file a bid protest pursuant to the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1491 (2016), does a state trial …
18-8517 Roderick Jermaine Hall v. Sprint Corporation Fourth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied IFP antitrust civil-rights consumer-protection contract-disclosure contract-law disability-rights disclosure-requirements due-process false-advertising federal-regulations network-management service-limitations telecommunications telecommunications-law Whether Sprint failed to disclose information about network management practices for its Unlimited Freedom Plan and Apple iPhone 7 Plus
18-7041 Mark P. Donaldson v. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Michigan 2018-12-17 Denied IFP administrative-hearing administrative-procedure cms-compliance due-process federal-preemption federal-regulations hearing-rights medicaid medicaid-regulations preemption procedural-due-process state-agencies supremacy-clause Whether Mr. Donaldson's procedural due process rights afforded him under Medicaid including 45 C.F.R. 155.530 (a), (b)(1) - (3) have been violated by …
18-6522 Robert Prunty v. DeSoto County School Board, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-interpretation civil-procedure civil-rights due-process education educational-rights federal-regulations first-amendment free-speech standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Does the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals three judge panel have the right to create conflicts amongst the circuits when it unilaterally changed the Supr…
18-6279 Samuel Kwushue v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-11 elements-of-crime federal-regulation federal-regulations federal-rule-11 guilty-plea jurisdiction rule-11 statute-of-conviction statutory-elements wire-fraud Could a guilty plea, accepted in violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, support a conviction, when the conduct to which a defendant admit…
18-97 Marion Liu, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Augustine Liu, Deceased v. Janssen Research & Development, LLC California 2018-07-23 Denied clinical-trials clinical-trials-regulation drug-safety duty-of-care duty-to-intervene federal-regulations human-subjects human-subjects-protection informed-consent medical-ethics medical-monitoring research-ethics Whether a drug company has a duty to stop a clinical study and refer a participant to medical care when it is aware the participant is suffering from …